I saw a nice all white Harley parked there the week before your Coby adventure. Looked like the pics I've seen of yours. I pulled a U-ey and checked it out for a bit. I'm loving the V Strom.
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When is it time to get another bike?
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Mad Mike
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Yup. I was thinking about that this weekend while trying to squeeze around my choked garage. I haven't ridden several of them in a year, might be time to cull the herd.
Is the V-Strom available?
Mad Mike
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Maybe. Keep your eyes on the Stupidly overpriced motorcycle for sale threadIs the V-Strom available?
Lol
not sure if it's an honour to end up on that thread or if it's time to do a reality check
This would be my suggestion as well, especially if there's a sentimental attachment.
3 years later I'm still kicking myself for selling my old VTX. I didn't *need* the money, and me and that bike travelled almost 100,000km over 4ish years and I had some epic memories made in that saddle...and it got me through a personally really rough year in 2019 where I cleared my brain a lot behind it's handlebars.
If I saw it for sale tonight, I'd have it back in my garage tomorrow. I might only ride the damn thing 1000km a year, but I'd keep it just for the memories.
So, if you really like it and it means anything at all, has marginal value anymore anyways as it is now, and you can rebuild it in your spare time after buying something new...keep it. Don't make the same mistake I did, even though in my situation the bike still ran like a top, and AFAIK still is.
Yes, my Vulcan Voyager I replaced it with is nicer in almost all regards - lots of hard bag storage, cruise control, satellite radio...far more wind protection. Lots of farkles. And I've had some great adventures on it as well that will also go in the memory bank of good times years from now. But I still miss the old one.
Anyhow, as for going to an adventure bike....spend some time in the saddle of one before committing. Like, a few hours or a few hundred KM if you can arrange it somehow, and see if you like the ergos.
Personally, after decades on a cruiser, I struggle with the much less "chesterfield" type seating position of anything except a cruiser. Legs directly underneath me or slightly behind me, and a feeling that I'm sitting bolt upright is the biggest thing I dislike honestly, I find my legs start bothering me far sooner, and I REALLY miss throwing my legs out in front of me on the highway pegs, leaning back against my backrest, stretching my arms out, and cruising.
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sburns
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I may have found the problem.
Didn't even think to check the condition of the belt before doing this, meh still have to tear it all apart to replace it.
Hopefully if this is it, not a big problem. Just means I have to rip apart more of the bike. Rear swing arm etc.
Kinda makes sense to what I experienced during the ride, when I experienced a repeated ticking.
I'm still going to pull out the transmission to see how it looks. I've suspect since the beginning there has been an issue in there.
Yup I'll clean up all the caked on dirt as well
Didn't even think to check the condition of the belt before doing this, meh still have to tear it all apart to replace it.
Hopefully if this is it, not a big problem. Just means I have to rip apart more of the bike. Rear swing arm etc.
Kinda makes sense to what I experienced during the ride, when I experienced a repeated ticking.
I'm still going to pull out the transmission to see how it looks. I've suspect since the beginning there has been an issue in there.
Yup I'll clean up all the caked on dirt as well
As someone who has spent a lot of time in actual real English and western saddles, on actual horses, I’d debate the English comparison. Comparing a cruiser seat to a western saddle holds some valid comparison for sure, but an English saddle is quite a lot different in use and design (and feel) that a non-cruiser motorcycle seat.
I’ve come back from a long day of riding sore as hell in all the different options though lol.
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You can usually get highway pegs easily installed on most advs due to the crash bars.
Yeah. I helped a friend put them on his FJR even.
But I still just don’t like the ergos. At least the ones I’ve tried. Maybe I just need to try more.
But I will admit I do kinda like a good vtwin rumble and the cruiser style a lot as well, so there’s that. I may be predisposed to a dislike of anything different lol.
You and I both have specific back issues. If it comes down to 30 minutes of riding vs 4 hours due to seating position then there’s something to be said that goes beyond subjective taste.
ADV can absolutely be all day comfortable..but not for everyone.
I may have found the problem.
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Didn't even think to check the condition of the belt before doing this, meh still have to tear it all apart to replace it.
Hopefully if this is it, not a big problem. Just means I have to rip apart more of the bike. Rear swing arm etc.
Kinda makes sense to what I experienced during the ride, when I experienced a repeated ticking.
I'm still going to pull out the transmission to see how it looks. I've suspect since the beginning there has been an issue in there.
Yup I'll clean up all the caked on dirt as well
sburns
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The rear sprocket is a bit worn, I've known this for a bit. It's mostly cosmetic, with the silver flaking off, and well the HD faithfull say it's nothing to worry about. Might swap in a new one. The inner sprocket seems ok though.
sburns
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Just got off the phone with HD.
The belt is $400, and the rear sprocket is $310. ($710)
There is a bunch of other parts I want to replace to fix some other minor issues.
Those plus above would be about $1300. Just parts.
I haven't checked aftermarket yet, could be a bit less.
The belt is $400, and the rear sprocket is $310. ($710)
There is a bunch of other parts I want to replace to fix some other minor issues.
Those plus above would be about $1300. Just parts.
I haven't checked aftermarket yet, could be a bit less.
Perhaps it would be wise to start by taking the belt off initially and then running the transmission up and down through the gears and seeing if it's otherwise healthy as well?
A tranny that's borked inside might have placed abnormal loads on the belt for a split second when something jammed or whatever and could possibly have been the cause of the missing cog on the belt.
If it turns out there's bigger issues, then what I'm saying is...you might choose to put the $700 elsewhere initially and worry about the new belt and pulley down the road.
A tranny that's borked inside might have placed abnormal loads on the belt for a split second when something jammed or whatever and could possibly have been the cause of the missing cog on the belt.
If it turns out there's bigger issues, then what I'm saying is...you might choose to put the $700 elsewhere initially and worry about the new belt and pulley down the road.
Mad Mike
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You might want to look at quality aftermarket drive belts, about 1/2 the price from Royal or Fort9.
I've replaced drive belts on Suzukis before, they failed after picking up debris that gets impeded in the belt, not because the sprockets are worn.
sburns
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I replaced the cam chain (HD's use chains) in the cam chest a couple of years ago. Some riders convert them to gears.
I'm actually going to open it up again, since I am this far down the rabbit hole and update the tensioners again.
but yeah I get what you mean, that could have been a grenade..
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